Dating outside your religion

[In Medias Res IV]

Nebulance

In Medias Res IV

pirate tsuinu-san

IT IS BIG SIN FOR A GIRL ..
for men ..it would be okey ..but for women ..it isnt right ..

What religion?
this sounds like seeexism

It sounds like he's a Trollite to me... wink

it sounds like SHE is a Muslim.

If I thought all crazy posts were by trolls, I'd think all of you were trolls.

This must have something to do with men ruling the household.

A Muslim man can declare his children Muslim but a woman cannot unless her husband says so.  

[Dame Sesquipedalian]

I think that if I did marry someone outside of my religion, it would have to be someone who was okay with a Methodist ceremony. But that's strictly for practical reasons - my father is a Methodist pastor, and I'm pretty sure he has my ceremony planned right down to which of his friends he wants to officiate and who the organist is going to be. So, if I wanted to keep peace in the family, I wouldn't be able to marry a Catholic, for example.

Personally, I don't care about the ceremonial side of things so much, it's more a question of values. I'd marry a Satanist, and my father be damned (figuratively speaking), if he/she had the qualities I was looking for and valued the same things I do.

As for lines I wouldn't cross...I would probably shy away from marrying a fundamentalist Christian, just because we're too different in our worldviews.

And dating outside my church. I've done it. The whole religion aspect wasn't really a problem, although the relationship ended badly for other reasons.

As for the friendship thing, I love making friends who have different religious views than my own - I don't think I have more than one or two Methodist friends at my school, even though it's a Methodist college. It's totally different from marriage, from where I sit.

 

[shadow22cat]

I think it would be fine marrying someone outside of my faith. Although, I would prefer it be someone of the same faith. I think it doesn't really matter as long as you love that person. My parents are a perfect example of that. My mom is Jewish and my Dad is what we now call a relaxed Catholic, but he came from a Catholic family. Even though they had some people like my aunt tell them that it was against G-d's will to marry outside of Judaism and said she'll never talk to my mom again (she's Orthodox); also, my grandparents on my fathers side said they won't go to the wedding or even acknowledge my mom; they still married. They're still together, even after 34 years! xd Of course, after about 5 years without talking to my mother, my aunt came around and decided it was ok. My grandparents took a while to even acknowledge my existence. Well, 2 years, but I figure that's a while. At the time it was just before my grandmother died and realized I didn't have horns and a tail, and I was a completely normal kid. Sad, really. I even dated a Christian for a while, and we even considered marrying. But, our relationship didn't last. So, yeah, I think it's fine.  

[Zslone2]

Would I date outside my Religion: Yep. I got no problem as long as they don't go and actively try and convert me to their faith. I aint got no problems with any particular religion though I might draw the line at going to Church every Sunday if i married or went out with a Christian. I probably wouldn't discuss who or what created the universe and Earth. I see no problem as long as I don't get told I'm going to hell or something for not being their religion from their family.  

[Falsequivalence]

i don't see a problem if the person truly loves you. I dated a christian once, but it went well, and most of my best friends are christian (even the chicks) so i don't see a problem